Feeding fruit to fish

I've pondered this question for while now and I've never attempted it, but has anybody ever attempted to feed fruit to fish? I was thinking something lower on the acidic side, like apples, nothing citrus.

 

I tried bananas and although my fish liked it, it made a huge mess! So for us, no more fruit. Too soft.

 

what ever you use ,don't use anything with seeds in them ,I don't think fish can digest seeds .ive tried water mellon a couple times ,but they like veggys for me anyhow.they dint to much like the melon either .

I did a side by side test mellon and squash ,they ate more veggy then fruit .

 

I think I'll try sliced apples. Low on acid, not messy like bananas, and no seeds.

 

I might try that next as well. Let me know how your fish like them

 

Confirmed. My other fish don't seem too interested, but my ancistrus is all over it. It'll serve two purposes... feed my ancistrus, and help lower the pH naturally.

 

Was eating a banana when I tread this so I tried with mine and they ignored it so I took it out.

Banana is a no

 

Was eating a banana when I tread this so I tried with mine and they ignored it so I took it out.

Banana is a no

haha that's funny! I TOO have barbs and they were all over it!!! Same with my zebra danios!

 

haha that's funny! I TOO have barbs and they were all over it!!! Same with my zebra danios!

mine attacked it and then spit it out and swam away. The shrimp under the cloud of spit was happy though cause it was something different

 

My goldfish think oranges are great They weren't too interested in apples though...

 

My neighbor has a giant gourami, a red belied pacu & 6 silver dollars in a 500 gallon tank. I watch them eat all sorts of fruits all the time, sliced cucumber, carrots, potato, tomato and apples to name a few.
My Oscar and BPs just treat them as rocks, Ahhh this rocks smells nice but that's it.

 

mine attacked it and then spit it out and swam away. The shrimp under the cloud of spit was happy though cause it was something different

Oh man! I think I need to send my BARBarians to YOUR house!! mine eat everything, including but not limited to the paint off my decorations, the plastic plants and anything else that is in the tank!

 

Oh man! I think I need to send my BARBarians to YOUR house!! mine eat everything, including but not limited to the paint off my decorations, the plastic plants and anything else that is in the tank!

Mine leave the decorations alone. You have some crazy barbs then lol. I'll stick with my "calm" barbs lol

 

Mine leave the decorations alone. You have some crazy barbs then lol. I'll stick with my "calm" barbs lol

I dropped some Malaysian trumpet snails in and one of the barbs had it in his mouth, swimming as fast as he can with the other 6 barbs chasing him! He finally figured out it wasn't edible and spit it out - then the rest of them tried it

 

I dropped some Malaysian trumpet snails in and one of the barbs had it in his mouth, swimming as fast as he can with the other 6 barbs chasing him! He finally figured out it wasn't edible and spit it out - then the rest of them tried it

They were playing keep away

 

Feed fruit sparingly, as the high sugar content can cause bacterial blooms.

 

Feed fruit sparingly, as the high sugar content can cause bacterial blooms.

eye eye captain!:;pirate

 

I tried feeding an apple but no one was interested...

 

hmm I wonder what would happen if I tried dragon fruit

 

hmm I wonder what would happen if I tried dragon fruit

Last time I tried it, some fish went after it, most ignored it.

 

Last time I tried it, some fish went after it, most ignored it.

I shall have to try it next time I go to the asian store... maybe some other weird fruit too... like leeche or mangostene